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It’s About Kids a California nonprofit corporation with federal 501(cx3) status that was started in 1997. The foundation waas established to facilitate support for mission projects in Ecuador, South America.
It’s About Kids a California nonprofit corporation with federal 501(cx3) status that was started in 1997. The foundation waas established to facilitate support for mission projects in Ecuador, South America. To date four successful projects were initiated by Its About Kids and today three more are pending.
It’s About Kids a California nonprofit corporation with federal 501(cx3) status that was started in 1997. The foundation waas established to facilitate support for mission projects in Ecuador, South America. To date four successful projects were initiated by Its About Kids and today three more are pending.
In 1997 when Ron and Sharon, with their children, headed for South America to rescue orphaned and abandoned kuds, they arrived with a mission to make disciples for Christ after the model that He lived and tauhht. What began with raising 19 children in their own home has grown to a premier school recognized internationally for its innovation in pedagogy, resulting in a campus with almost 700 students. With university scholarships offered to most MOntebello graduates, our kids have gone out to all the continents of the world, a reach of Christ’s commission that has truly been global
It’s About Kids has been invited by key persons of San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands, capital of the archipelago to begin a school that will offer all the advantages of our Quito campus, Montebello Academy to an equally marginalized and isolated segment of the Ecuadorian culture.
Montebello University is a very significant project in the plannig. The objective of the University is very narrow but elegant in that the B. Ed or M. Ed degrees that we will be offering are primarily given emphasis on our celebrated methodology and discipleship
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) are academic targets for many of our students due to the natural interest developed early through exposure at Montebello Academy. We have the land… we have plans with engineering… and now we need to build it.
We have established a unique methodology, informed by a hybrid application of model pedagogy. This approach integrates the best learning systems globally, adhering to highest recognized learning standards measured at an international level according to the OECD PISA. These standards align with what industries and professions worldwide are asking university admissions processes to screen for in aiming to equip students for workplace challenges. Our methodology, engineered to assure world-class results for our graduate students, is arguably our most celebrated achievement.
However, the Montebello learning model is more than just a platform for preparing our graduates to compete for university and career opportunities anywhere in the world. Our learning model is instrumental in preparing our students with a biblical worldview. As they leave our institution, they are prepared with the means for the broadest possible application of Jesus’s Commission, to “Go into all the world and make disciples”.
Our kids are not only equipped to thrive in profession or career amidst competing in a post-Christian world, but they will also carry with them a life model formed by Christ and profession of faith. This foundation enables them to proclaim the Gospel, impacting lives across the globe. Therefore, getting students to “Engage with the Content” in discipleship development at Montebello is a hands-on process refined in service and missional outreach ministries of our school. Our graduates take with them a Bible–College level understanding of the Gospel message and its relevant applications for living in a challenging world where North is poorly defined on the cultural world-view compass.
Key persons of San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands, capital of the archipelago, has invited It’s About Kids to begin a school in the city that will offer all the advantages of our Quito campus, Montebello Academy. Currently, the condition of the education on the islands is one of the worst in a country that is overall at the bottom of the standings internationally. The situation has been sad, to the degree that many parents send their children to live on the mainland with relatives so that they can learn in better schools…which as stated above are not stellar.
Because the economy of the islands is supported principally by tourism, and because parents want more than anything for their children to help with and inherit their family businesses, and because the common language of the tourist is English, what is most wanted and needed on the islands is that which we are most proficient in providing.
Key persons of San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands, capital of the archipelago, has invited It’s About Kids to begin a school in the city that will offer all the advantages of our Quito campus, Montebello Academy. Currently, the condition of the education on the islands is one of the worst in a country that is overall at the bottom of the standings internationally. The situation has been sad, to the degree that many parents send their children to live on the mainland with relatives so that they can learn in better schools…which as stated above are not stellar.
Because the economy of the islands is supported principally by tourism, and because parents want more than anything for their children to help with and inherit their family businesses, and because the common language of the tourist is English, what is most wanted and needed on the islands is that which we are most proficient in providing.
Montebello University is a very significant project launching this year. The objective of the University is very narrow but elegant in that the B.Ed or M.Ed degrees that we will be offering are primarily given emphasis on our celebrated learning methodology. We believe that we currently offer among our own teachers the most intentional pedagogical laboratory we know of operating inside of a school where the best teaching/learning practices anywhere in the world can be learned in hands-on, day-to-day classroom instruction. The outcome that we are hopeful for is to continue the Montebello philosophy of Education and discipleship as far as God provides the opportunity to extend its influence. As we intend for the Galapagos Islands, the same model can be planted in other regions of Ecuador or the world. More than providers of education, we are a mission to make disciples of Jesus by training our kids to carry the commission of Christ anywhere on the planet that He may lead.
According to the latest research the challenge for university graduates to connect with greatest opportunities available for profession and career in the foreseeable future will require more than a liberal arts education. As this is true at the University level, it stands to reason why the same is true for high school students. While the world is filled with opportunity, the forecasters tell us that the odds for having the broadest scope for choices among careers is dramatically increased for those who are well-oriented among STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics). It is also true historically that the earlier children are exposed to STEM learning, the more likely interest will be high enough in the high school years to develop the passion to stay with it.
Statistics show that female engagement in STEM education has been as low as 20% at the university undergraduate level. However, in the last 10 years the percentage of girls graduating from high school who desire STEM related professions has risen by 66%. This is happening because of an increase of early exposure to STEM across disciplines. Accordingly, our approach to education endeavors to recognize this trend and not just for those kids who are stirred by external influences, but to take a leading role in exposing all our students as early as possible to the wonderful world of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Because the economy of the islands is supported principally by tourism, and because parents want more than anything for their children to help with and inherit their family businesses, and because the common language of the tourist is English, what is most wanted and needed on the islands is that which we are most proficient in providing.
This, of course, we are already doing. However, for the full development of the project, with its ability to attract and retain top teaching faculty and the resources to pay for this at an institutional level, we believe that it is essential that we demonstrate our commitment to this pedagogical focus by having a learning center dedicated to that purpose and outcome. Because our current infrastructure is bursting at its seams, the added benefit will not only be the elegance of a purpose driven learning environment, but the expansion of the project will also facilitate the overall economy of operational processes at our school.